Woman Hikes Mount Rainier in Huge, Elegant Ball Gown

Once upon a time there was a majestic
mountain climber who hiked uphill dressed in a gorgeous gown. It sounds like
the start of a story book or something you’d have to see to believe. Meet Harmony
Sage Lawrence, a seamstress and designer from Portland, Ore., who did just
that. The 25-year-old hiked up Mount Rainier in Sept. 2012 dressed in a full
ball gown for a photo shoot that went viral this week after being posted to
Reddit. “We weren't planning to go on the upper trail with the dress, only take
photos in the lower forests, but jokes led to me saying, ‘Why not, let's give
it a try,’” Lawrence explained. The dress was made entirely from up-cycled and
recycled linens, including a huge hoopskirt which made trudging over the muddy
ice rather difficult. It took Lawrence four hours to complete the seven-mile
hike. Afterwards, she donated the dress to a fire station in Northern
Washington for their medical equipment fundraiser.